Juvenile Barn Swallows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cardoness Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.

Place: Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 7 July 2020.

Place: Kennet & Avon canal near Crofton, Wiltshire
Date: 9 August 2020.

[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

Distribution and sightings of the barn swallow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Herring Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Penzance, Cornwall
Date: 28 May 2013.

Place: Mevagissey Harbour, Cornwall
Date: 27 October 2012.

Place: Hastings, Kent
Date: 3 July 2016.

Place: Marimurtra Botanical Gardens near Blanes, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.

Place: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date: 13 July 2017.

Place: The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Date: 13 February 2019.

Place: Mullion Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.

Place: Porthleven, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

The sound of the herring gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the herring gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Arctic Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands
Date: 2 August 2009.

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Aird beach, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.

[Sterna paradisaea, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arctic tern]

The sound of the Arctic tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the Arctic tern across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Eider with Ducklings

Anseriformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Kildonan, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 18 June 2019.

[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the eider duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

Distribution and sightings of the eider duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Tufted Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Creswell Crags, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.

Place: Avalon Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Loch An Tiumpan, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

Place: Winkworth Arboretum, Busbridge, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.

[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

Distribution and sightings of the tufted duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Fulmars on St.Kilda

Procellariiformes

Place: Village, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

Place: “The Gap” cliffs, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

Distribution and sightings of the fulmar across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Puffins from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Sumburgh, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Eshaness Lighthouse, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

Distribution and sightings of the puffin across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Common Sandpiper

Charadriiformes

Place: Hermitage Castle, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Date: 25 June 2019.

[Actitis hypoleucos, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common sandpiper]

The sound of the common sandpiper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the common sandpiper across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Starling on St.Kilda

Passeriformes #2

Place: Village, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

The sound of the starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the starling across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great Skua on St.Kilda

Charadriiformes

Place: Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

Place: Stac an Armin, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

Distribution and sightings of the great skua across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).